Merrill-Palmer Quarterly Volume 59, Number 1, January 2013

This internationally acclaimed periodical features empirical and theoretical papers on child development and family-child relationships. A high-quality resource for researchers, writers, teachers, and practitioners, the journal contains up-to-date information on advances in developmental research on infants, children, adolescents, and families; summaries and integrations of research; commentaries by experts; and reviews of important new books in development.

 Table of Contents

 Consulting Editors 
 

Two Sides to Every Story? Parents’ Attributions of Culpability and Their Interventions Into Sibling Conflict 

Holly E. Recchia, Cecilia Wainryb, and Nina Howe
 

Developmental Differences in Parenting Behavior: Comparing Adolescent, Emerging Adult, and Adult Mothers 

Amy Lewin, Stephanie J. Mitchell, and Cynthia R. Ronzio
 

The Medium Is the Message: Pictures and Objects Evoke Distinct Conceptual Relations in Parent-Child Conversations 

Elizabeth A. Ware, Susan A. Gelman, and Felicia Kleinberg
 

Enhancing Preschoolers’ Understanding of Ambiguity in Communication: A Training Study on Misunderstandings 

Ana M. Carmiol and Penelope G. Vinden
 

Similarity Between Friends in Social Information Processing and Associations With Positive Friendship Quality and Conflict 

Sarah V. Spencer, Julie C. Bowker, Kenneth H. Rubin, Cathryn Booth-LaForce, and Brett Laursen